Operations Research category: 1119 books
by Richard J. Schonberger
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
In his best-selling book Japanese Manufacturing Techniques, Richard J. Schonberger revolutionized American manufacturing theory and, more important, practice. In that breakthrough book, he revealed that Japanese manufacturing excellence was not culturally bound. Offering the first demystified explanation...
New Shop Floor Management
Empowering People for Continuous Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 1993
In this first comprehensive departure from the time-and-motion dictums of Frederick Taylor's Shop Management that have influenced management practices for most of this century, Kiyoshi Suzaki offers a framework for successfully conducting business at its most crucial point-the shop floor. Drawing...
Fast Cycle Time
How to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2010
Today, tens of thousands of companies are struggling to become "time-based" competitors, inspired by such corporations as Motorola, General Electric, Citicorp, and a myriad of others who have cut production time in half-or more. But until now, the literature has focused on the theory and...
by Jonathan Margolis
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2012
A fascinating look at the future, as you've never seen it.
Ten years from now, will we have a tiny personal computer surgically inserted in an earlobe, capable of connecting to phone lines and the internet? Fifty years from now, will atomic-sized robots replace surgeons? A hundred years from...
by M. Agarwal
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
This book discusses new determinants for optimal portfolio selection. It reviews the existing modelling framework and creates mean-variance efficient portfolios from the securities companies on the National Stock Exchange. Comparisons enable researchers to rank them in terms of their effectiveness in the present day Indian securities market.
Data Smart
Using Data Science to Transform Information into Insight
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2013
Data Science gets thrown around in the press like it's magic. Major retailers are predicting everything from when their customers are pregnant to when they want a new pair of Chuck Taylors. It's a brave new world where seemingly meaningless data can be transformed into valuable insight to drive smart...
Summary of Extreme Ownership
by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin | Includes Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Summary of Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin | Includes Analysis Preview: Extreme Ownership by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin is a guide to applying leadership principles of the United States Navy’s Sea, Air, and Land Teams (SEALs) to business....
by F. Lefley
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2015
Based on the 2005 publication The Financial Appraisal Profile Model , this book discusses how the FAP model can present an integrated process for the appraisal of financial and strategic benefits and the assessment of risk in ICT (Information Communication Technology) project proposals.
Play On
The New Science of Elite Performance at Any Age
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
A lively, deeply reported tour of the science and strategies helping athletes like Tom Brady, Serena Williams, Carli Lloyd, and LeBron James redefine the notion of “peak age.”
Season after season, today’s sports superstars seem to defy the limits of physical aging that inevitably sideline...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2011
Impact evaluation aims to answer whether and to what extent a development intervention has delivered its intended effects, thus enabling evidence-based policy making. The desire for more hard evidence of the effectiveness of development interventions has fueled a growing interest in rigorous impact...
Optimizing Decision Making in the Apparel Supply Chain Using Artificial Intelligence (AI)
From Production to Retail
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Practitioners in apparel manufacturing and retailing enterprises in the fashion industry, ranging from senior to front line management, constantly face complex and critical decisions. There has been growing interest in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to enhance this process, and...
Emergency Evacuation Planning for Your Workplace
From Chaos to Life-Saving Solutions
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Would your routine office fire drill be able to handle the large-scale chaos of a major disaster? Can you get everyone out safely in the face of a factory fire, explosion, or natural disaster? In Emergency Evacuation Planning for Your Workplace: From Chaos to Life-Saving Solutions, Jim Burtles leads...
by 凱莉．韋納史密斯Kelly Weinersmith、查克．韋納史密斯Zach Weinersmith
Language: Chinese
Release Date: January 31, 2018
Language: Chinese
Release Date: January 31, 2018
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Building The Perfect Star
Changing the Trajectory of Sports and the People in Them
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2015
Today, it is inconceivable for a professional or even small college sports team to go without a coach designated to enhancing conditioning, strength training, and overall performance. But someone had to be first. In 1976, the Dallas Cowboys and Pro Football Hall of Fame head coach Tom Landry hired...